A question. Is it sin in the eyes of God to be ‘married’ in the realm of the church without the legality of the state or is ‘state’ approval necessary for ‘righteousness’? Just a question....
If you don’t care if your marriage is legal, then do whatever you want.
You have always been able to have your own “marriage” you don’t need it to be recognized by law if you want to avoid that.
“A question. Is it sin in the eyes of God to be ‘married’ in the realm of the church without the legality of the state or is ‘state’ approval necessary for ‘righteousness’? Just a question....”
The marriage sacrament performed by a Priest or minister is all that is necessary. Render unto caesar and all.
The Catholic church (what I’m familiar with) can and does perform the marriage ceremony without state licenses in certain circumstances. Other churches do it as well. In the 20th century some states prohibited issuance of state licenses to mixed race couples, while the churches would marry the couples anyway. It wouldn’t be state sanctioned, but had the blessings of the church.
//Is it sin in the eyes of God to be ‘married’ in the realm of the church without the legality of the state or is ‘state’ approval necessary for ‘righteousness’? //
Absolutely not. There were marriages long before the government got involved (as in the Bible). Marriage is a commitment to each other and to God, a covenant. That has nothing to do with state approval or disapproval. Gays can for states to allow their sham ‘marriages’ but they will never be married in the eyes of God simply because that is not God’s standard for what marriage is.